Jo White – a woman in a … startup
Kate Carruthers I am very privileged to know a number of truly remarkable and inspiring women who work in, on and around geek stuff. One of my notions for this year was…
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Remembering Lan, an ordinary woman …
I have been privileged to know many inspiring women during my life. But the first of these influential women was my mother. Lan grew up in a large and rambunctious…
We take our freedom of speech for granted!
This news item from Techcrunch – hat tip to @jowyang for the link – makes me conscious of how precious are our freedoms of speech and association. People fought hard…
The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld – Recent works by the secretary of defense. – A fabulous collection taken straight from the DOD website
On the Slate website Hart Seely has collected some of the truly classic poems of our time – they are taken from briefings listed on the Dept of Defense website.…
Out and about – Robyn Henderson & Gordon Bell
In recent days I have been going out to various ICT industry functions in Sydney. Two of the speakers stood out from the rest. The first was Robyn Henderson who…
2004 Commencement Yale Class Day Speech, by Ken Burns
Ken Burns makes some excellent points in this speech, I’ve picked out some highlights – click here to see the entire text (in PDF). Now more than ever we in…